Thematic Bible: Who has authority over devils

And the seventy returned with joy, and said: Lord, even the demons are subject to us through thy name.

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ExorcismsMiracles, Nature OfSatan, Resistance ToPower Of Christ, ShownChrist's Authority Over EvilApostles, Miraculous PowerApostles, Given Miraculous Power

In The Name Of ChristSeventiesMan's Authority Over The DevilDemonsThe DevilCasting Out Demons

Afterward he appeared to the eleven as they reclined at table; and he reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen. And he said to them: Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believes and is immersed, shall be saved; he that believes not, shall be condemned. read more.
And these signs shall attend those who believe. In my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and, if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. The Lord, therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven: and he sat down at the right hand of God.